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Diptera: Tephritidae) on Ambrosia Spp ARTHROPOD BIOLOGY Life History and Description of Immature Stages of Euaresta stigmatica (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Ambrosia spp. (Asteraceae) in Southern California DAVID H. HEADRICK, RICHARD D. GOEDEN, AND JEFFREY A. TEERINK Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 88(1): 58-71 (1995) ABSTRACT Euaresta stigmatica Coquillett is bivoltine and nearly monophagous on four native ragweeds, Ambrosia spp. (Asteraceae), in the southwestern United States. In southern California, larvae of the spring (F)) generation develop singly in and feed on one or both ovules of young fruiting involucres of Ambrosia ilicifolia (Gray) Payne, with a small proportion infesting the staminate involucres. Adults emerge after «*1 mo, with their reproductive organs immature. The F2 generation develops in the involucres of fall-blooming Ambrosia acanthi- carpa Hooker. The egg is described and illustrated for the first time for any species of Eu- aresta. First, second, and third instars and the puparium are described and illustrated for the first time for E. stigmatica. The posterior spiracular plates of all three instars bear only three interspiracular processes, whereas the larvae and puparia of all other nonfrugivorous tephritids described to date bear four such processes. Adult behaviors described from field and laboratory studies include courtship, copulation, and territoriality. Male courtship displays include three behaviors previously undescribed for Tephritidae: a side-to-side dance, rapid side stepping, and a middle leg abduction. Hymenopterous parasitoids of E. stigmatica include two solitary, primary larval-pupal, endoparasitoids, Eurytoma sp. (Eurytomidae) and Pteromalus sp. (Ptero- malidae). Potential use of E. stigmatica as a biological control agent for ragweeds in Eurasia is discussed. KEY WORDS Euaresta, biology, behavior THE CURRENT STUDY OF Euaresta stigmatica Co- new knowledge of the biology, immature stages, quillett was an outgrowth of faunistic studies of the and reproductive behavior of E. stigmatica derived insect associates of ragweeds (Ambrosia spp.) and from field and laboratory studies on fall- and other Ambrosiinae (Asteraceae) in southern Cali- spring-blooming, native ragweeds in southern Cal- fornia conducted by Goeden & Ricker (1974a, b; ifornia. 1975; 1976a-c; 1986), Hilgendorf & Goeden (1983), and Goeden & Teerink (1993). The genus Materials and Methods Euaresta is native and widespread in North and Preliminary field studies and collections of E. South America (Norrbom 1993). Six of the eight stigmatica were made in 1969-1973 on Ambrosia Nearctic species occur in California (Foote et al. ilicifolia (Gray) Payne and Ambrosia acanthicarpa 1993), where E. stigmatica is common and wide- Hooker at many locations throughout southern spread. California (Goeden & Ricker 1974a, 1976b). More Little is known of the biologies of most Euaresta intensive field studies were conducted in 1991 and spp. Marlatt (1891) briefly described the biology of 1992 at the Edmund C. Jaeger Nature Preserve, Euaresta aequalis (Loew) and Phillips (1946) de- Desert Center, Riverside County, on A. ilicifolia, scribed its larvae and their feeding behavior. Both its spring-blooming host, and on or near the cam- E. aequalis and Euaresta bullans (Wiedemann) pus of the University of California, Riverside, on have been introduced into Australia for biological A. acanthicarpa, its fall-blooming host. Bulk sam- control of Xanthium spp. (Julien 1992). Foote ples of infested ragweed inflorescences were col- (1984) summarized the host-plant associations for lected at these sites and brought to the laboratory North American species of Euaresta that specialize in ice chests in an air-conditioned van and stored on Ambrosia and Xanthium spp. Batra (1979) stud- under refrigeration for subsequent dissection, ied the biology and behavior of E. bella (Loew) and measurement, photography, and description of all Euaresta festiva (Loew) in assessing them as po- life stages. tential agents for the biological control of ragweeds Immature stages were described using scanning accidentally introduced to Eurasia from North electron microscopy of two ova dissected from America (Goeden & Teerink 1993). We provide gravid, field-collected females, as well as four, sev- 0013-8746/95/0058-0071$02.00/0 © 1995 Entomological Society of America January 1995 HEADRICK ET AL.: LIFE HISTORY OF E. stigmatica 59 adults" (Goeden & Ricker 1976a; R.D.G., unpub- lished data). Euaresta names used in this article follow Foote et al. (1993) and Norrbom (1993); nomenclature on larval taxonomy follows Headrick & Goeden (1991); nomenclature for wing displays by adults follows Headrick & Goeden (1991), Green et al. (1993), and Goeden et al. (1994b); ragweed inflo- rescence morphology follows Payne (1963); and plant names follow Munz (1968, 1974). Voucher specimens of reared adults of E. stigmatica and its parasitoids reside in the research collections of R.D.G.; preserved specimens of E. stigmatica lar- vae and puparia are stored in separate collections maintained by J.A.T. and D.H.H. Means ± SEM Fig. 1. A. ilicifolia study plant at the E. Jaeger Pre- are provided throughout diis article. serve. Results and Discussion en, and nine each first, second, and third instars Taxonomy. Euaresta has 14 recognized species and four puparia dissected from fruiting involu- (Norrbom 1993), 6 of which occur in California cres. All specimens for microscopy were fixed in (Foote et al. 1993). The species occurring in Amer- 70% EtOH, dehydrated to absolute EtOH, soni- ica north of Mexico have recently been treated by cated for =1 min in Hexanes (Fisher, Fair Lawn, Foote et al. (1993), and those occurring in Central NJ) to remove accumulated debris, rehydrated to and South America by Norrbom (1993); both treat- distilled water, post fixed in 2% aqueous osmium ments included keys to adult stages. Descriptions tetroxide for 24 h, then dehydrated to absolute of the immature stages of E. stigmatica are provid- EtOH, critical-point dried, mounted on stubs, ed below for the first time. sputter coated with a gold-palladium alloy and ex- Egg. Twenty-five ova, dissected from field-col- amined on a JEOL JSM C35 scanning electron mi- lected females, were white, superficially smooth, croscope in the Department of Nematology, Uni- elongate-ellipsoidal, 0.17 ± 0.004 mm wide versity of California, Riverside. Micrographs were (range, 0.14-0.20) and 0.67 ± 0.01 long (range, prepared on Polaroid P/N 55 film at 15 kV accel- 0.54—0.76), with a rounded, anterior pedicel 0.02 erating voltage. mm long (Fig. 2 A and B), and a sharply tapered Adults were reared from puparia dissected from posterior end measuring 0.09 ± 0.003 mm long fruiting involucres held in individual, glass-shell vi- (range, 0.06-0.12). Examination with light micros- als in humidity chambers at 22-24°C and 76% RH. copy showed the posterior end to be free of em- Newly emerged adults were isolated in clear plastic bryonic tissues. Sixteen eggs dissected from plant cages (850 ml) fitted with screened lids for venti- tissue averaged 0.17 ± 0.007 mm in width (range, lation, basal water reservoirs, and provisioned with 0.14-0.30) and 0.64 ± 0.008 mm in length (range, honey and protein hydrolyzate (Headrick & Goe- 0.58-0.71). den 1993). Five mating trials lasting 2 wk each This is the first description of the egg of any were conducted with virgin adults held in dispos- species of Euaresta. The general size and shape of able, plastic petri dish arenas (10-cm diameter) E. stigmatica eggs are similar to those of Paroxyna (Headrick & Goeden 1993). Mating trials were genalis (Thomson) (Goeden et al. 1994b). How- conducted in the laboratory under artificial lighting ever, the eggs of E. stigmatica are more parallel between 0900 and 1800 hours PST. sided than described for other nonfrugivorous Field observations of reproductive behaviors tephritid species (cf. Goeden & Headrick 1991a, were made for at least 4 h each day on 25 February b; Headrick & Goeden 1993; Goeden et al. 1994b). and 4, 11, 18, and 24 March 1992, at the Jaeger The elongate posterior end of E. stigmatica. eggs Reserve, where A. ilicifolia plants were located in also differs from other nonfrugivorous tephritid a deep, N/S-oriented, dry, sandy wash at an ele- eggs described thus far, and its function remains vation of 850 m. A single plant (^l by 2 m wide unknown. and 1 m tall) located between large granite boul- Third Instar. Third instar superficially smooth, ders was the primary study location (Fig. 1). This barrel-shaped, slightly tapered anteriorly, rounded plant's stems (0.3-0.6 m long) had shorter branch- posteriorly (Fig. 3A); integument white with the es, spiny holly-like leaves, and apical spikes of sta- caudal segment black; thoracic segments with mi- m in ate involucres above the separate, pistillate, nute acanthae dorsally, abdominal intersegmental fruiting involucres. This study area and this same area circumscribed by minute acanthae; gnatho- plant had been noted by R.D.G. 20 yr earlier dur- cephalon conical, laterally flattened, smooth with ing a study of the insect fauna of this native rag- few rugose pads dorsally, broad serrated rugose weed to host "an abundance of E. stigmatica pads laterally along mouth lumen (Fig. 3B, 1 and 60 ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Vol. 88, no. 1 =0.025 mm long (Fig. 3H, 1), and three interspi- racular processes with two to four branches each, the longest measuring 0.015 mm (Fig. 3H, 2); ste- lex sensilla (Fig. 3G, 2) surrounding margin of cau- dal segment in four-dorsal, six-ventral arrange- ment; caudal segment additionally bearing a pair of verruciform sensilla ventrad of the spiracular plates (Fig. 3G, 3). Euaresta stigmatica belongs to the tribe Tephri- tini, which also includes Dioxyna, Neotephritis, Paroxyna, Tephritis, Trupanea, and many other genera (Foote et al. 1993). The general larval body shape is closer to that of Trupanea and Paroxyna than to Dioxyna, Neotephritis, and Tephritis spe- cies previously examined (Novak & Foote 1968; Goeden & Headrick 1991b; Headrick & Goeden 1991; Goeden et al.
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